CVE-2018-14779

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El archivo lib/ykpiv.c contiene el siguiente c\u00f3digo en la funci\u00f3n \"ykpiv_transfer_data()\": {% highlight c %} if(*out_len + recv_len - 2 > max_out) { fprintf(stderr, \"Output buffer to small, wanted to write %lu, max was %lu.\", *out_len + recv_len - 2, max_out); } if(out_data) { memcpy(out_data, data, recv_len - 2); out_data += recv_len - 2; *out_len += recv_len - 2; } {% endhighlight %} -- Se comprueba claramente si el b\u00fafer es lo suficientemente grande para contener los datos copiados usando \"memcpy()\", pero no se manejan los errores para evitar el \"memcpy()\" en estos casos. 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